but reagan--interestingly, he was 26 years old, leaving iowa on his way driving to southern california to begin his new life with his first movie contract and studio contract. and he's describing--he set this up, and he says he--he didn't get paid for it; set it up to write back sunday--special sunday pieces for the newspaper on his new life. and it was a great piece of self-promotion and wrote these early on. so we just thought we had to put one in the book to show what he was writing and thinking back then. and i--you can just envision him, if you--if you read them, as this young man driving to southern california, being stopped by police along the way, trying to get out of getting a ticket, meeting beautiful women once he gets there, having fun. and so it was just--it was great to read it. c-span: now you put in--the last thing you put in, in this, is the letter that he wrote to the nation about his alzheimer's disease. >> guest: right, which has been printed before, but we... c-span: yeah. what--what--what was the reason that you wanted to close out this with that letter? >> guest: